Best Gaming Desktop PC 2014 $500-$600?

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pouryafasih

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I want to build a Gaming Desktop for quite some time, the problem is, I'm a big noob in picking parts, so I hope you guys could help me. I have a monitor, keyboard, mouse & OS, so those parts don't have to be included in the Part-List.

I want a PC for gaming and gaming only, like a sort of alternative for a console, so it has to be very strong in that category, but I would be happy to play Battlefield 4 on Medium Settings with no lag at all too. I'm planning to upgrade the parts after 2 years of time.

I play a big big number of games like: Minecraft, BF4, BF3, CoD Ghosts, The Elder Scrolls: Online, Need for Speed: Rivals, etc. etc. so a good and big hard-drive should be important too I guess.

Please try to explain it as simple as possible, because I've never built one before.

Thanks so much for helping me out, I will name the built after the person that gave me the best Part-List and instructions. I'll send a picture of it sprayed on the side of my built through PM! haha :)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($194.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Sentey CS1-1398 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $608.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-17 12:46 EST-0500)


Will beat the new console performance handily. Will be able to handle High on pretty much everything, some on Ultra (like Skyrim, NFS)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-01 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $585.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-17 12:47 EST-0500)
 
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Amazing list! Thanks, does it have enough power to handle the amount of Wattage though?

 
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The R9 270X is 30$ cheaper but the GTX760 is better than the 270X, so it's worth the money. And I have changed the 760 for a 770 now, that is 1,4x more powerful

 
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Would this build be able to run WOW on ultra?? (World of Warcraft)
 
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Or get the exact same performance and buy evga's regular 750 Ti for $20 less and overclock yourself. If you're going budget oriented, there's no need to spend $20 extra for the exact same card.
 
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GPU: AMD fx-8350 4.0 GHz 8-core processor- $189.99 @Amazon
Cooler: Noctua NH D-14- $24.99 @ Newegg
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti- $699.99 ( Buy 2 extras [your upgrades] for pure excellence) @Amazon
Motherboard: ASRock 990 Extreme9-$169.99 @Newegg
System Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB 1866MHz-$79.99 @Newegg
OS Drive: Kingston V300 Series 240 GB SSD-$99.99 @Amazon (COMPLETELY OPTIONAL- RECOMMENDED)
Storage Device: Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive- $87.25 @Amazon
Case: NZXT Phantom 410- $99.99 @Newegg
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W 80+ Gold Fully Modular- $172.99 @Amazon
Operating System: Windows 8.1- $94.98 @OutletPC
4k Ultra HD Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp UP 2414Q- $949.99 @accessories.dell.us
In my opinion, this is one of the most perfect builds I can think if for a gaming PC. Before anyone says anything, yes, I know the budget is $500-600. But this is THE BEST PC I've built. You can't go wrong with it. Of course, that's if you've got the cash. This PC without upgrades is about $2500 and with upgrades with $4000. If you do decide to build this, I highly suggest you get the two extra EVGA's. I game like Crisis can give one EVGA GeForce a heart attack. yet I play on HIGH settings all the time on Crisis 3 with the upgrades.

 
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HiTech, you seem to know what you are doing so I was wondering if you think that this build would be a good $500-700 budget computer. I would like to use it for gaming and with all prices together I found it would be $708.05. The link is below :D Thanks in advance.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3EBoG
 
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Can tweak stuff around a little bit. With gaming as the main consideration, you want to focus a budget build on getting you a better GPU. The R7 265 will be greatly better than the 640, and will get you around high settings at 1080p :) You can check out the benchmarks below from Anandtech and the 265's performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($18.16 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: HEC Vigilance MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($25.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Logitech K360 Wireless Standard Keyboard ($19.99 @ TigerDirect)
Total: $698.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-07 09:52 EDT-0400)


265 benchmarks: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/11

As you can see, the 265 gets pretty good performance even at High settings at 1080p :) The 640 is really only good for low-medium.
 
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Thanks for the ideas. Yet in the end after talking to some friends and following what I thought was the right path I decided to change my build completely. Instead of the 265, I decided to try out the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. If you were curious about the new build here is a link, thanks for the help :)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FNsg
 
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